The Armed Forces had problems with the German howitzers PZH 2000 - Der Spiegel

Panzerhaubitze 2000 (Photo: Sonaz) One month after the delivery of seven German self -propelled PZH 2000 artillery installations to Ukraine, these artillery tools showed messages about errors and demonstrate clear signs of wear, Der Spiegel reports. “This week, the Ukrainian Government has already informed the German Defense Ministry that, after an intensive shelling of Russian positions, some of the Seven PZH 2000 SAU, delivered in Ukraine at the end of June, showed reports of mistakes.

Therefore, several howits, in view of everything, they need repair, ”the material reads. According to the Bundeswehr, problems are related to the high rate of fire while using howitzers by Ukrainian Armed Forces. This creates a huge load on the howitzer charging mechanism. In Germany, 100 shots a day with one heavy weapon would already be considered a high level of shooting intensity, but Ukrainians, apparently, produced much more shells, considers in the German defense department.

According to exporters, the reason for the wear could also be that Ukrainian soldiers were probably at first tried to shoot at a very long distance. According to the publication, the Bundesver pledged to send additional sets of spare parts to Ukraine in a short time to eliminate problems. At the same time, the German government is negotiating with the military-industrial complex to create a weapon repair center in Poland to reduce the time for transportation and repair work.

According to Der Spiegel, new problems have arisen with the supply of ammunition for German anti -aircraft self -propelled installations, the first five units that recently received Ukraine. During the test shooting in Germany, it turned out that the Gepard fire system did not recognize the shells of the Norwegian company, which recently started producing them for Gepard with the subsequent transfer of Ukraine. Now you need to modify the shells, after which they will be tested again in August.